Packaging Operator - (Guelph- RGU) $3,000 Sign-On Bonus

Equest; Guelph; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food industry is looking to hire a packaging operations associate for its Guelph facility. The role encompasses quality control, safety procedures, and managing a team in a dynamic shift environment. Candidates should have experience in functional tasks within the industry and demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills.

Benefits

$3,000 sign-on bonus

4% Shift Premium

In-house training programs

Industry competitive salary and benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in packaging operations in food/feed industry is preferred.
• Must possess leadership and team management skills.
• Required traits include being cost conscious and initiative driven.

Responsibilities

• Perform packaging operations, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Lead packaging teams, manage inventory, and monitor equipment.
• Conduct quality control tests and communicate production updates.

Skills

Leadership

Good communication

Self-motivated

Team player

Safety conscious

Quality conscious

Education

Training in packaging operations

Job description

Shift Rotation : Day shift : 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off -Repeat but on night shift.

This is a 2 week rotation.

This position is eligible to receive a $3,000 sign-on bonus, broken into 2 payments of $1,500 to be paid at six and twelve months.

This position also comes with a 4% Shift Premium.

JOB PURPOSE :

Perform packaging operations including quality control operations and close management of packaging team.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES :

SAFETY

All PPE must be worn in compliance with the OHSA / RC requirements

Enforce / Respect the safety rules and the internal policy

Stop any equipment / operative works / external company works if safety / environment protection / fire protection rules are broken

ENVIRONMENT

Guarantee and apply ISO 14001 (Environment), and all related working procedures

Ownership of environmental responsibilities listed in ENV-REF-002 - Associates SEA Matrix

QUALITY & FOOD SAFETY

Guarantee and apply ISO 9001, FSS / ISO22000, Mars Standards, and all related working procedures

Support the HACCP program in the department

Follow GMP-GHP in the area

Inform Shift Supervisor of quality deviations according to product standards and production procedures

Maintain CCPs and oPrPs in the department

Perform the CCP and oPrP's procedure according to SOPs

Sampling of products to ensure quality control (micro sampling)

Report any pest activity to related Manager

Perform and record quality control tests

HUMAN RESOURCES

Adhere to multi-skills policy and acquire at least one additional competence as established with and by Management

Training : attend any training program as scheduled by company management and train any designed person in the position

Lead packaging workforce on line in order to comply with the production planning

MANAGEMENT & RESPONSIBILITIES

Set up packaging machines

Operate packaging machines

Stack packaged products in case / on pallets

Monitor packaging machines

Identify bags / case / pallets according to GMP

Perform inventory of raw ingredients / packaging materials / finished products in bins, silos and racks (cyclical and period end inventories)

Perform daily monitoring swabs (M swabs) as required

Perform area-related equipment first level maintenance

Any task as delegated by Manager

Work closely with the extruder operator in order to maintain the highest efficiency of the plant for completion of the production planning

Full knowledge of packaging operations (Paper bag machines, Plastic bag machines, Sampling machine, On-Process Check-Weigher, Inkjet, Labeler, Wrappers, Screeners, Scales, Quality control, Forklift / Pallet truck operations, Packaging materials / Finished goods...)

CLEANLINESS & TIDINESS

Perform Housekeeping Checks to ensure compliance to 5S

Perform operational cleaning operations

Change over cleaning

Weekly cleaning

COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION

Provide any requested documentation to other Departments according to internal rules

Shift changes : communicate with co-worker of next shift about machine problems, progress on production schedule, bin inventories, quality issue...

Complete production reports as required by manager and record any production events (stops, quantity, quality...)

BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS :

Training and / or experience in functional tasks (opt : knowledge of feed / food industry)

Leadership, Good communication, Cost conscious, Initiative, Self-motivated, Team player, Safety & Hygiene & Quality conscious, Technically inclined, Unrestricted range of motion, Color discrimination, Olfactory & texture perception, Depth perception, Tolerance to hot environment.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

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